95th Oscars: a crazy success for the unconventional film “Everything Everywhere All at once”
Part of the 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' film crew on stage at the 95th Oscars.
Getty Images via AFP - RODIN ECKENROTH
Text by: RFI Follow
3 mins
The 95th Oscars ended with a triumph for the film
Everything Everywhere All at once
which received seven statuettes for this slightly crazy sci-fi comedy with a modest budget.
You have to go back to 2008 and
Slumdog Millionaire
to find a film that managed a more spectacular raid.
Advertisement
Read more
The Dolby Theater in Hollywood, which hosted the Oscars ceremony, was flown over at only 300 m altitude by two US Navy F-18 Hornet fighters, in a nod to the film Top Gun: Maverick
and
its hero, Tom Cruise.
But it's a crazy sci-fi comedy that won the 95th Oscars...
Michelle Yeoh, who won the Best Actress Oscar for her role in
Everything Everywhere All at Once
is a star in Asia, writes our US correspondent
Loïc Pialat
.
The former Miss Malaysia has been acting in action films since the 80s. But in Hollywood, she has less aura.
So, this Oscar obtained at 60 years old moved her a lot: “
To all the little boys and little girls who look like me and who are watching tonight, this Oscar is a sign of hopes and possibilities.
And ladies, never let anyone tell you that you are out of age!
»
sci-fi comedy
When it was released, not many people imagined
Everything Everywhere all at once
, a science-fiction comedy with a modest budget, to be so successful in theaters.
The film chronicles the adventures of Evelyn, an overworked laundromat owner suddenly tasked with saving a multitude of parallel universes from an evil force.
It is therefore a triumph for the "Daniels", the nickname of the duo of directors, Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Oscar winners for their screenplay and their staging.
A beautiful story also for Ke Huy Quan, child star of
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
, lost sight of after adolescence.
Here he is Best Supporting Actor:
My adventure started on a boat.
I spent a year in a refugee camp and I still find myself on the biggest stage in Hollywood.
It's the American dream!
»
And in this evening of rebirth, the voters of the Academy also honored Brendan Fraser, star of the years 90-2000 a little forgotten.
He won the Oscar for best actor thanks to his role as an obese professor in
The Whale
.
“
Thank you, it means so much to us
”
Alongside the steamroller
Everything Everywhere All at Once
, also awarded the Oscar for best original screenplay and best editing, the German film
In the West, Nothing New
stood out as the other revelation of the evening with four Oscars.
This new version of the famous novel about the great butchery of 14-18 was voted best international film and won various technical awards (photography, sets, soundtrack).
"
Thank you, it means so much to us
," said director Edward Berger, who helmed this third adaptation of German Erich Maria Remarque's masterpiece, the first in Goethe's language.
Here are the main awards given Sunday in Hollywood at the 95th Academy Awards, supreme recognition of American cinema.
-Best Film:
Everything Everywhere All at Once
-Best Director: Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert,
Everything Everywhere All at Once
-Best Actress: Michelle Yeoh,
Everything Everywhere All at Once
-Best Actor: Brendan Fraser,
The Whale
-Best Supporting Actor: Ke Huy Quan,
Everything Everywhere All at Once
-Best Supporting Actress: Jamie Lee Curtis,
Everything Everywhere All at Once
-Best international film:
In the West, nothing new
(Germany)
-Best animated film:
Pinocchio
by Guillermo del Toro
-Best Documentary:
Navalny
-Best Original Screenplay:
Everything Everywhere All at Once
-Best Adapted Screenplay:
Women Talking
Newsletter
Receive all the international news directly in your mailbox
I subscribe
Follow all the international news by downloading the RFI application
Continue reading on the same topics
Movie theater
Culture
UNITED STATES